Lintian tag: symbols-file-contains-current-version-with-debian-revision

Type: error

Description (from lintian-explain-tags)

Debian revisions should be stripped from versions in symbols files. Not
doing so leads to dependencies unsatisfiable by backports (1.0-1~bpo <<
1.0-1 while 1.0-1~bpo >= 1.0). If the Debian revision can't be stripped
because the symbol really appeared between two specific Debian revisions,
you should postfix the version with a single "~" (example: 1.0-3~ if the
symbol appeared in 1.0-3).

This problem normally means that the symbols were added automatically by
dpkg-gensymbols. dpkg-gensymbols uses the full version number for the
dependency associated to any new symbol that it detects. The maintainer
must update the debian/<package>.symbols file by adding the new symbols
with the corresponding upstream version.

Visibility: error
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/shlibs

Affected packages